Early Life & Academic Foundations

Growing up in New York City, Jorjani attended elite Manhattan schools like the Dalton School before heading off to college. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at New York University.

He then completed his PhD in philosophy at Stony Brook University in 2013. His dissertation laid the groundwork for his signature ideas by linking technological science with ancient Greek titan myths and parapsychology.

Academic Career & Big Books

Jorjani soon began teaching courses on the history of Iran, technology, and continental philosophy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. During this time, he published his award-winning book Prometheus and Atlas.

The book won an award from the Parapsychological Association for treating psychic phenomena as a genuine part of science. He went on to write over a dozen more books, tackling everything from UFOs to ancient Persian history and simulation theory.

The Media Storm & Controversies

In 2016, Jorjani stepped into the public spotlight when he became editor-in-chief of Arktos Media and co-founded the AltRight Corporation. He later stated that he joined to redirect the group away from white nationalism, but he quickly resigned after calling the project a total failure.

Shortly after, an undercover video surfaced showing him discussing dystopian predictions about future European politics. Jorjani insisted his words were taken out of context as a warning rather than an endorsement, but NJIT suspended him and declined to renew his teaching contract.

Jorjani fought back by filing a lawsuit against the university to defend his First Amendment rights. In September 2025, a federal appeals court ruled in his favor, agreeing that his off-campus speech was protected.

Philosophical Vision & Prometheism

Beyond the political headlines, Jorjani is best known for developing a philosophical framework called Prometheism. He argues that human progress comes from capturing the fire of technology and scientific intuition.

He views traditional religions as control systems and urges humanity to achieve personal freedom and cosmic sovereignty. Today, he continues to publish books and share his radical ideas through podcasts and online writing.

Chronological overview of Jason Reza Jorjani’s published books

• Prometheus and Atlas (2016): His breakout, award-winning book that analyzes psychic phenomena and scientific discovery through the mythic lens of Greek titans.
• World State of Emergency (2017): A philosophical analysis of modern geopolitical crises, technological acceleration, and global governance.
• Lovers of Sophia (2017, republished 2019): A collection of wide-ranging essays covering metaphysics, ethics, and esoteric history.
• Novel Folklore: On Sadegh Hedayat’s The Blind Owl (2018): An exploration of Iranian literary modernism, spectral folklore, and Iranian cultural identity.
• Iranian Leviathan: A Monumental History of Mithra’s Abode (2019): An ambitious historical treatise re-evaluating Persian heritage, Mithraism, and geopolitical history.
• Prometheism (2020): Outlines his core philosophical vision advocating for technological empowerment, human freedom, and a revolt against dogmatic control systems.
• Faustian Futurist (2020): A philosophical work examining civilizational ambition, technological destiny, and Western Faustian drives.
• Closer Encounters (2021): A grand synthesis analyzing UFOs, time-traveling breakaway civilizations, and the shape-shifting cosmic Trickster.
• Promethean Pirate (2022) & Uber Man (2022): Studies examining individual sovereignty, transhumanism, and radical self-authorship.
• Artemis Unveiled (2023) & Psychotron (2023): Books delving into feminine archetypes, parapsychology, and psychotronic technology.
• Erosophia (2024) & Philosophy of the Future (2024): Works probing the relationship between wisdom, eroticism, and the future horizons of philosophy.
• Metapolemos (2025) & Thanosis (2025): Deep inquiries into worldview warfare, information physics, postmortem survival, and soul sovereignty.
• Fundamental Thinkers (2026), Occult Horizons (2026), and Intelectronics (2026): Recent publications covering foundational philosophical influences, esoteric domains, and cybernetic consciousness

Pasulka suggests that a new religion is emerging around the technology and mystery of unidentified aerial phenomena. Throughout the conversation, she emphasizes the historical continuity between ancient angelic encounters and contemporary alien reports. While documenting these extraordinary events, she maintains an academic skepticism, warning against the pervasive disinformation campaigns used by government agencies to shape public belief.

Ultimately, her work highlights how extraordinary experiences continue to influence human spirituality and technological aspirations across centuries.

Diana Pasulka distinguishes between her role as an academic and her personal perspectives. As a religious studies professor, she emphasizes that she does not academically advocate for belief in Christianity, Buddhism, or UFOs. However, she openly discusses several core personal beliefs and stances throughout the podcast of the Why Files:

Personal Faith and Life After Death

• Christian Faith: She identifies as a Christian and approaches extraordinary phenomena through that framework.
• Near-Death Experiences: She explicitly states that she believes people genuinely have near-death experiences.
• Openness to Unexplained Data: When presented with unexplainable data, such as university archives documenting children’s past-life memory claims, she states that she refuses to dismiss unexplained data simply because it falls outside conventional frameworks.
• View on Mortality: Aligning herself with Socrates, she views death calmly: if an afterlife exists, she looks forward to meaningful conversations, and if not, it will be like deep sleep. In the meantime, her primary focus is fulfilling her duties toward her children and students.

The UFO Phenomenon and Disinformation

• The Reality of the Phenomenon: She believes that non-human contact phenomena and extraordinary aerial events are real and genuinely happening.
• Emerging Modern Religion: She believes a new digital religion is actively forming around UFO beliefs and extraterrestrial narratives.
• Deceptive Nature: She believes the intelligence behind the phenomenon exhibits deceptive qualities and warns against attempting to summon or interact with extraordinary entities.
• Government Disinformation: She believes the government actively conducts sophisticated disinformation campaigns to shape public belief, manipulate disclosure narratives, and control media storylines.

Human Consciousness, AI, and Social Media

• Innate Spiritual Sense: She believes every human being is born with an internal “spiritual sense” and capacity for deep reflection.
• Social Media as a Contender for the Antichrist: She believes AI-driven social media platforms alter brain chemistry and destroy the human spiritual capacity, describing social media as a primary candidate for the Antichrist.

Historical Visionary Events

• Historical Apparitions: She believes in historical visionary events such as Our Lady of Guadalupe and Garabandal. She also considers sworn court records regarding historical levitating figures (such as Saint Joseph of Cupertino) to represent authentic, unexplainable historical data rather than mere church fabrications.